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8 Pages-Bohnenkamps' Special Advertising Sections Pages Ha drattite Ixwtttng itemr 30th Anniversary CELEBRATION 30th Anniversary CELEBRATION -.: VOLUME' XXV. SECOND SECTION LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1926. NUMBER 116 I:. W. H. BOHNENEAHP CO. OBSERVES 30TH BIRTHDAY FIRM FOUNDED IN 1896 GROWS WITH - EACH NEW SEASON Small Start Leads to 4 . Story Headquarters, Other Buildings FATHER, 3 SONS MAKE UP COMPANY j;d ! 'plains Lynno Hohnenkamp a mem- Sound Business . Policy j;. ltn .J- lm8 workml ollt and Keeping Faith with! satinfu.iortiy can best be judged 'Pnfrnns Brinp Firm fro"' tht' fact l,mt ",ost of l'"'ir 1 airoilb O.I III b baying vontrucU liuvc ln con SUCCeSS. tlnuous ones, and Hint Home of it he firms tlu-v iiutronly.cd in the ' ' ...... . ' V Home 30 ycarH ago. In the full of INliii. W. -H. Hohnenkamp. who came to Oregon 10 years before 1'lr!it '""mse. frum Curroll, lowii. and who waij l'"or instance, there is Hibbiird. employed by 'the railroad ufler iHpencer Harlli-tt, or Chicago, one Ills urrlvnl, purchased a stock ofiof the largest wholesale hardwuro luirrhvare and opened a sutnll store companies In the country. '111.! in I he liulldinB which now houses ' first purchase or hardware W. M. the Hooverlzed grocery. . His loca-j Hohnenkamp ever in a d c, lie lion, in tho eastern third of tin bought from. them. And he haa builillni;, served him through l 1 never seen a'ny reason to transfer rguiinl opening Nov. 2G, 18'JG, and j his patronage. Their (J. V. It. ror four morn months but jthen, ' products the Lradcmnrket ub gcttlng an opportunity to secure i brevlatlng "Our Very Hi st" in what he considered a better loca -1 cutlery and tools are considered lion, he moved across tho street! the best that money can buy. to the corner of Him street and Adums avenue the sumo location he firm- of W. H. Hohrienkamu conipuny now. occupies. In- the earlier days the sloiUiiis a boy he used to pluy arouiiJ was known as W. H. Bohnel,-i the Maconiber barn at Carro'l, Kamp's. The. first biff step in ad vancement came in lsOtt when vf. H. Hohnenknmp erected n three story structure on the Elm-Adams site; occupying tho basement, t ii first and a part of the second floor until ,1910, when growth of the business necessitated using-the entire building. Partitions providing foi offlco rooms were torn out at that timo in the second und third floor. Siiffi'ifd Oik IiOi '4 The only !oks suffered; by 'fir I by the fiim since its founding western ammunition, und it' is the oldest, business: eon-J Iu the' electric, lino,;, they curry v iefrrt'Of lWJldhtt-iit"iJnioii onn(yiUover- swuopers. rniversal outlet m L-ume in September, liiia. when ! devin-s and Hotpolnt Irons. 5 fire gutted the two upppr storles. The well known Wearever ahim- pretty writ tWi-uyintf tlieir cun-1 inum has its place on their tents. J (Continued on Pugu'Kourlcen) 11' ISMUaj-aSMill - I' I J IMUS.WBflg; bs - i Si ; - "Built, not stuffed" and that slogan ex plains the lasting value, the superior quality in every Ostermoor. They cost more than ordinary mattresses because they are extraordinary, ex tra in wear by many dollars, extra in comfort, extra in beauty. GIVE STORE'S POLICY TO CARRY NATIONALLY ADVERTISED GOODS It has Hlwuyn buen the policy i of the V. H. Bohnenkamp com- J pany to curry poods that are na tionally advertised. f , "Not only does It mean that the lines aro already Introduced for uh, but it enables uh to offer tho I first years of their business uie. ,.., ., ,i..r i,.i,. Krank Maconiber, the vice pre.s- idelit, Is personally known to th i senior member 01 the local rlrm. iSlr. Hohnenkamp rl-incmhers how j l.uva, while the now - vice preM- dent was milking his father's cows and putting up the horses. When the UohiumUanips' store was pe nally destroyed by fire in lit IS. Mr. Mncornhcr was one of th'i first to wire his regrets and of fer ' any financial assistance th u might be needed. Monarch' ranges they have soU since the line came into existence. Thrtn vi-nra niro thev added th-' I Monarch electric type. I'hey both wholesale and n-tail ; shelves. Oiitermoor mattresses they shit 'beru all the way from New York FOE. FOR ECONOMY'S SAKE Ost eriioor Mattre YOURSELF LYNNE HOHNENKAMP l.ynno Hohnenkamp, mem ber of tho V. IL Bohnenkamp company, who ts now in charge of the furniture de partment. - Oilv. convinced that the hand built products of .this century-old company are superior to any oth er mattresHes on tho market. With St Millions beds and with sprin:;:i in tub' under that brand or by Kinney - Home, manufnetiirers of the De Mi xe line, HohncnktMiipR feel they aro offering their fcusto hums the best' tq biyhuij in sle(p innueenienis. " TMnlngrnom f urn I turn they g--t from Rocltford, III., und from Orffory. of Tnoma. ( Gregory b'-gun- 1u:.sineps aboti!' 1H yrars ago. 4 One of his first shipments came to thu itohnen 1 MANY YEARS OF COMFORT THIS CHRISTM AS -BUY AN OSTERMOOR! For Sale by W. H. Bohnenkamp Co. " OSTERMOOR & CO. kamps, and tho salesman thut took the order accompanied It in to see that it wus properly as sembled. Gregory servico has al ways been so satisfactory that th'j line has been carried continuouu ly ever since. "W hfn-e always featured l'n cirtc coast products wherever pos sible," said J.ynno Itohiumkamp, whoso chief, concern is tho furni ture department. ( "In llvingrootw furniture, we earrv tho. Juxurv n to ducts, nut out by the Washington Kurnltui Manufacturing company, In Scut tle. a Schonnfeld Industry." Hugs AttiiK'tivti The attractive rugs that hatiK' from the walls of the furnlturo display rooms arc mainly lloratls, made by A. 'and At. Karagheushui, Armenians who rank among the largest rug importers in the Unit ed Hlates. K to in creations tiny select and bring to America, they design and manufacture their do mestic .lines, ltohnenknmps have handled their rugs for more than 12 years. From .Marshall I 'U1 Id's In Chi cago they get the Uotneerest stocks! Hlgelow Hartrord, another 100-year-old company, furnish them with both carpels and. rugs. , They buy u Iso from A lexa nder Smith & Sons the people who hold the annual auctions that de termines the forthcoming prices ol rugs. In linoleums, they feature the (Continued on Tago Fourteen) BOHNENKAMP The W. II. llohlieiik-aiiii foiniiniiy sloiv liiilltling. four .sturlcs In. height li;"oii (lie rorner of. .Vlulti.s iiveniie iiihI J-'.lni strtH't, house hehdiiiiltters of the firiu, which nlso oeriiilrs ptirt tit the building lo Ihe eaHi. it unraire ami Itiiplemcnl liulltling on ilerrei-Hon nvenlio null lOIni street, tuul (ho llnhueiikump cluipel. These four buildings Klvo Hie f-oiiipiiny eiglit stories of working space. LEI T!lr?.P? L-JlL -FOR BEAUTY'S SAKE -FOR SATISFACTION'S SAKE! GET YOUR BEDS Ostermoor NEW CHASE BOHNENKAMP IN ? Chase Hohnenkamp member of the W. H. Hohnenkamp company, was tho first of three brothers to enter tho ' business. At present he owns, one-quarter share, of tho firm, , STORE BUILDING 3C EQUIPPED WITH YORK Daybook Reveals Interesting Items i Of Early Days of Bohnenkamp Firm Ono cake- pan $0.15 One washbasin . 10 One No. 2 lamp chimney . .26 Total .... ............u.6() In tho sere little old daybook with which Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bohncnkamji refresh thefr mem ories of the first year thoy were In the hardware buslnosa'hcro, the first entry records the sale of throe articles to Frank - Plko. with a chargo of 60 conts, 90 years ago this week. . , ; Frank Pllto was and still is an engineer, and a. friend from tho hardwaro dealer's railroad days. I D. M. Clark, now: deceased, Is the second namo entered and J. H. Itomlg's Is listed third. Among tho earliest, too, was Bird Lewis. . Andy Anderson hits been a steady customer for 30 years., t, . l , T . .. jLg Reveals Old I'rk-os Signs of tho changing times can be read in- the : prices rccordod there. IJr., N. Molltor bought a mop stick, and tho dcalor charged him 25 cents. . Charge and cash customers aver aged approximately halt and half . about the sumo as they do now, IMr. Dohnenkamp romcmbors. Thero wero othbr mediums of I exchange than money, though, ho adds. In thoso days it was not un usual for a farmer to leave a caso of eggs or a bushel of potatoes In exchnngo for nails and a handled uippor. Ii Morrltt Ttoynblds-r-futhcr of ' J. K. Iteynolds Is on ono pogo given 25 cents In credit for a chicken; 35 cents for a sack' of potatoes, and 35 cents for a. roll of buttor. Another customor, tho yellowed book records, was crodtted with dn -livery of four dozen eggs at 20 cents a doion. - A Heady Market Such produce found a ready market, Mr. Bohnenkamp recalls, und the exchange was a real sor vlco to the country patrons. Ho has even accepted a. load of cord word to accommodute a rancher Ipng in fuel and short' a stora. In ithoso duys, no three great trucks speeded deliveries to city customers' doors. When there was a purchase, to bo delivered, Mr. Bohnenkamp would'hang out a flag. Add la We wish to congratulate the W. H. Bohnen kamp Co. on this their 30th Anniversary ending three decades of superior service with superior merchandise, their standard of excellence is in thorough keeping with the standard of the Ostermoor mattress highest quality. HAE ' BOHNENKAMP IL LxfJ Hal Bohnenkamp, member of tho W. H. Bohnenkamp company, who Is In ohargo of . tho undertaking brunch of tho firm. ' a Uttlo while, Jackson and Jones would come, along with tholr horse-drawn dray and load It on, First Motor Truck Tho flrBt motor truck oror usod In l.a Orando was In 1013, a conversion of Bohnonkamp's 1011 model Cadillac touring car. Spend ing of which reminds tho owner that ho had tho first car In town that was largor than a single cy linder; that In 1013 ho brought In the first automobile with an eloc. trio starter and electric headlights, and that whon ho bought tho first eight-cylinder car In 1916, ho was laughed at for getting a car with "too much engine". That old chassis now operutcs tho hoarse, ho adds. SERVICE GIVEN BY BOHNENKAMPS IS DIVERSIFIED Local Company Is Now Divided into Four Big Departments f. WHOLESALE TRADE ' IS ALSO HANDLED Union and Wallowa Counties Well Served by Firm-Staff of Em ployes Large. A company that gives a diversi fied yet satisfactory service Is the W. H. Bohnenkamp companynow observing Its thirtieth anniversary In Iji Grande. Whether It be supplies for a sowing machine or repairs for a threshing machine a beautiful piece of period furniture or a -length of fencing, this firm fills the desires of Its patrons con scientiously, .. . . The company's scope Is wide, ranging through ' hardware and ' Implements, exchange, furnlturo-' and furnishings, automobile acces sories and tires, and undertaking. Wltolcsak) Trade In addition the firm supplies many dealers In this territory with wholesale ammunition, pipes, nalln, fencing, explosives. Iron, black smith coal, hardwoods and other articles. ; - Its trade territory, as Is naturul tor so large and well established a concern, covered a considerable) area both Union and Wallowa counties with occasional sales In other- districts, ' Few days go but that merchan dlse of some character Is shipped -Into Wallowa county, although till company draws tho greater share of Its trade from La Grande and other Union county communities. With the exception of tho ur. dertaking parlor, . 1 o c a t e d on Hpring avenus, and th butldlnn that houses the produots of Inter national Harvester . company, tin Jefferson avenue, the departments of tho company are under onJ roof the four-story structure; en (Continued on Face Fourteen) I
